dls wrote:There is a power to step in to stop private prosecutions. I think it may be that that power is not generally used for the RSPCA.
Sorry David but you are talking nonsense as well as propagating a dangerous myth about the RSPCAs 'powers'. The full code test applies to all prosecutors, private or otherwise. There is no special immunity given to the RSPCA. Given their reputation of aggressive investigating and prosecuting it would be insane if the DPP were to give the RSPCA advantages in prosecution that the rest of us do not enjoy, as well as being unconstitutional.